Will Make Andhra Pradesh A Global Knowledge Hub By 2047, Says CM Chandrababu Naidu

Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said global tech giant Google and Andhra Pradesh are eyeing big Artificial Intelligence (AI) opportunities in Visakhapatnam.

While addressing the Deep-Tech Innovation Conclave-2024 in Visakhapatnam, Naidu stated that Google and the Southern State had reached a pact that would accelerate the port's expansion.

"Recently, when IT Minister (Nara Lokesh) went to America, he went to Google campus and requested them. And the result of that is today Google has agreed to come to Vizag. We signed an MoU (agreement) before coming here. We are looking at a big opportunity in AI,” said Naidu.

According to CM, "The government is preparing the Swarnandhra Vision-2047 document based on 10 principles, including zero poverty and the P4 approach (Public-Private-People-Partnership), with which the state would achieve an annual growth rate of 15%...........We now have access to mobile phones and cutting-edge technology and still, if we do not utilise these tools, we cannot compete on a global scale."

"I want to make Andhra Pradesh a knowledge hub. Historical information we have on the cloud, Artificial Intelligence is mature, and real-time information you can collect through various devices,” he added